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which last year was named the national blue ribbon school by the department of education. the focus of this year's catholic schools week, catholic schools raise the standards, demonstrates the continued commitment to excellence. the national catholic education association has launched an initiative called the national standards and benchmarks for effective catholic elementary and secondary schools. which will make sure that students are consistent -- that standards are consistently high across the country. the dedicated teachers and administrators who work at catholic schools, many of whom could earn much more elsewhere, are instrumental in upholding these standards. in recognizing catholic schools week, we pay a special tribute to professionals who sacrifice so much for their students. during catholic schools week last week, i visited several schools in my district, including st. dennis in lock port, st. alphonse, and others, mr. speaker, i hope my colleagues will join me today in honoring catholic schools and all they contribute to our nation. the speaker pro tempore: th
which last year was named the national blue ribbon school by the department of education. the focus of this year's catholic schools week, catholic schools raise the standards, demonstrates the continued commitment to excellence. the national catholic education association has launched an initiative called the national standards and benchmarks for effective catholic elementary and secondary schools. which will make sure that students are consistent -- that standards are consistently high across...
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s realisation of the country there are no more good paying jobs for people with just high school education there's a sense of hopelessness and in large communities of people that's one two there's no as mark correctly pointed out a profit motive than locking up people. correct. corporation of america is probably the worst offender at that we're building more and more private prisons are allowing corporations to build more and more private prefers a few actual growth industries in the one of the states one of the few growth industries and that's that's really sad and mort made a good point about criminalizing so much be hate private behavior but i do think we cannot leave. the economic problem which is like i say thirty five years of stagnant wages declining benefits and. underclass of its creator so so you and i don't have young people who become entrepreneurs because there's no other option and they become entrepreneurs or something that's illegal because they can't break into the legal economy that's exactly right and something like this is happening in a lot of western democracies the i
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that's where you get all your education, your job training, all your skill building, money from. i don't know what the president has in mind. framing the issue is very important. around jobs and the economy. but coming up with specific programs that the republicans will agree to seems to me almost impossible in this environment. >> john: he has the bully pulpit tomorrow in the brandest stage of his career. what would you do to encourage lawmakers to make public investment. can he brow beat them. >> he can certainly do what he has done since the election. that is really maintain an election posture. continue to go around the country, talking about the importance of jobs, of immigration of gun safety, of all of the issues that he thinks are very important for his second term. and by continuing the campaign, the successful campaign of 2012. the president is in a sense making is very difficult for republicans to maneuver. at the same time obviously there is a kind of a civil war going on in the republican party. that also makes it easier for the president because there is no spokespe
that's where you get all your education, your job training, all your skill building, money from. i don't know what the president has in mind. framing the issue is very important. around jobs and the economy. but coming up with specific programs that the republicans will agree to seems to me almost impossible in this environment. >> john: he has the bully pulpit tomorrow in the brandest stage of his career. what would you do to encourage lawmakers to make public investment. can he brow...
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advancing that in education. within the next five years, we are going to have another 3 billion people coming on the internet worldwide. the government can talk to each other, imagine what happens over the next five or so years with technology. it is all because of technology. people like me, engineers, scientists, whole assortment of people. until recently, 50% of silicon valley, the most innovative part of the country. we are reinventing america. it is all about skills. the people that are making this happen are engineers and scientists and doctors and most importantly entrepreneurs. so we have a choice right now. we can reinvent america and create a better world. we can create security that protects us and we can do all of these things right now, all within the next five or seven years. i can guarantee that five years from now, we will be talking about the changes. we are talking about many other things becoming abundant. our entrepreneurs, our technology, and to save us. a strong america is important for the
advancing that in education. within the next five years, we are going to have another 3 billion people coming on the internet worldwide. the government can talk to each other, imagine what happens over the next five or so years with technology. it is all because of technology. people like me, engineers, scientists, whole assortment of people. until recently, 50% of silicon valley, the most innovative part of the country. we are reinventing america. it is all about skills. the people that are...
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thompson: money that could otherwise be used to educate our kids or put aside for those most in need. most would agree that borrowing on the backs of our children to pay for promises our government cannot keep must end. and that only together through the collaboration of both parties can we assure america begins to live within its means. during the last congress there was one area where both parties came together. it was an effort that made improvements in programs resulting in better use of each tax dollar. it was an effort that also achieved deficit reduction. this effort was the farm bill. many of us are eager to hear the president's plan to help the nation achieve fiscal balance during next week's state of the union. i encourage the president to elevate passage of a new farm bill to the forefront of the speech. it's good policy. it's one area where we can come together and start the path of fiscal balance and i encourage my leaders in the house to welcome this call. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> un
thompson: money that could otherwise be used to educate our kids or put aside for those most in need. most would agree that borrowing on the backs of our children to pay for promises our government cannot keep must end. and that only together through the collaboration of both parties can we assure america begins to live within its means. during the last congress there was one area where both parties came together. it was an effort that made improvements in programs resulting in better use of...
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she says it's education, no. almost everything, the money is pouring out from almost every direction across the country. you've got the green jobs being created, about $575,000 per job created and an $838 billion stimulus that stimulated nothing. 7-point #% unemployment. we have obamacare coming down the pike at $2.5 trillion. so this is spending that didn't have to happen. nancy pelosi and barak obama pushed this through and here we are paying for this. this will be our fifth year most likely with deficits above $1 trillion. >> gretchen: the interesting thing about education spending is that i think most americans would be in favor of putting more money into educating their children if the results proved that we're actually becoming smarter as a society. but we're not. we spend more on education and the kids are doing worse. >> it is very paradoxical. we're spending more money, the spending rate keeps going up. you look at test scores dropout rates, we're pretty much flat or falling. you do have some states on a
she says it's education, no. almost everything, the money is pouring out from almost every direction across the country. you've got the green jobs being created, about $575,000 per job created and an $838 billion stimulus that stimulated nothing. 7-point #% unemployment. we have obamacare coming down the pike at $2.5 trillion. so this is spending that didn't have to happen. nancy pelosi and barak obama pushed this through and here we are paying for this. this will be our fifth year most likely...
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next on our education alert, what he plans to do next. and instead of keeping students away from social podeya, how one county school wants to incorporate it into the classroom. >> but first here's a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> in this morning's education alert harford county school superintendent says he's stepping aside when his contract runs out in june. tom back says he realized it was just time to pursue other opportunities. he says he's ready to write a new chapter in his career. >> this is a good time. just as joe flacco knew when a good time was to handoff to ray rice or to bernard pierce, this is a good time for me to hand offer to the next superintendent in harford county. >> and tom beck says he wants to help train the next generation of teachers and aspiring principals. >> anne arundel county is in the early stages of craffleting a social media pol
next on our education alert, what he plans to do next. and instead of keeping students away from social podeya, how one county school wants to incorporate it into the classroom. >> but first here's a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> in this morning's education alert harford county school superintendent says...
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education? >> great question, and first of all, i think that doc mcstuffin is a girl scout. she is really empowered. we are doing a lot around s.t.e.m. and working with girls for 100 years and the founder was focussed on s.t.e.m. since 1912 and one of the first badges was aviation and welding and working with technology at this time. so over the 100 years, we have actually adopted, you know, badges around these issues where the girls are focused and specifically around technology and math. as you know, our cookie program is the largest entrepreneurial program for girls in the country. >> yes, the first time, and i'm not terribly entrepreneurial but it is the one time i had a business and went around to sell it and looked at the profit margin. in addition to being a girl scout, i had a critical intervention in my career as a political scientist and american society of women post doctoral, and so when we talk about the nurturing environment, a piece of it is the resources of young girls and young women and older women to do this work. what is the ua, we are search and work bee
education? >> great question, and first of all, i think that doc mcstuffin is a girl scout. she is really empowered. we are doing a lot around s.t.e.m. and working with girls for 100 years and the founder was focussed on s.t.e.m. since 1912 and one of the first badges was aviation and welding and working with technology at this time. so over the 100 years, we have actually adopted, you know, badges around these issues where the girls are focused and specifically around technology and...
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and education and making colleges more affordable. and how we to make our economy grows stronger and promotes and grow the middle class. host: is the headline in the financial times -- how much of this will echo what we heard at the inaugural address? guest: i think it will be a little different from that. there were many comments after the inaugural address. it was very aggressive. he talked about gave rights, equal pay for women, voting rights. i think you'll see some of that, but my sense is you will see all of those pins that can come into an economic context. while he might talk about immigration, what we need to do as a country as that, it will be in the vein of how do we help the economy? host: jonathan strong? guest: i was at a retreat that the house democrats held last week in virginia. the president gave a speech to them in a preview of what he was going to say. ito quite an aggressive tone in terms of the standoff with republicans over the sequestration cuts. i was surprised at how feisty was. he said that he's more than re
and education and making colleges more affordable. and how we to make our economy grows stronger and promotes and grow the middle class. host: is the headline in the financial times -- how much of this will echo what we heard at the inaugural address? guest: i think it will be a little different from that. there were many comments after the inaugural address. it was very aggressive. he talked about gave rights, equal pay for women, voting rights. i think you'll see some of that, but my sense is...
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health care, economic policy, education policy, you name it. it is really interesting for a country that is so sports crazy because i can see harbaugh brother is getting ready for the super bowl, examining what every single player was doing and trying to figure out where the weaknesses were. we're going to have to get more comfortable being honest about the results the competition gets from doing x, y, and z. we led the world in the development of widespread usage of cell phones, but now on a national basis, south korea is about -- and a lot speeds are four times as ours. communities are increasing their capacity. chattanooga, tenn., did and now they're becoming and health care center. google is spending all of that money in kansas city. we have got to be more comfortable in talking to people about what works. what is working that other countries are doing. the diversity of the representation in the house will be helpful for that. i think also we have to learn something from how historic brave actions by your predecessors in this caucus played
health care, economic policy, education policy, you name it. it is really interesting for a country that is so sports crazy because i can see harbaugh brother is getting ready for the super bowl, examining what every single player was doing and trying to figure out where the weaknesses were. we're going to have to get more comfortable being honest about the results the competition gets from doing x, y, and z. we led the world in the development of widespread usage of cell phones, but now on a...
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president president will reportedly outline spending initiatives for energy, education, manufacturing and rebuilding the nation's infrastructure. he'll then head out on a three ln day road trip to sell the ideas to the public in north carolina, georgia and his home state of illinois. back to you. >>> courtney, thank you. >>> caught on camera, a rare february tornado barrels through several mississippi towns. take a look at this video from the town of hattiesburg last night. the national weather service will head there today to survey the damage at the campus of the university of southern mississippi where police report that several buildings were damaged. as many as ten people were hurt and thousands are without power. >>> the blizzard of 2013 has passed, but there's a lot of digging out to do in parts of the northeast from pennsylvania all the way to maine. millions saw as much as 3 feet of snow. 134,000 people are still without power. most of them in hard hit massachusetts. along the coast, high winds and storm surges damaged several homes. the waves are still causing problems for h
president president will reportedly outline spending initiatives for energy, education, manufacturing and rebuilding the nation's infrastructure. he'll then head out on a three ln day road trip to sell the ideas to the public in north carolina, georgia and his home state of illinois. back to you. >>> courtney, thank you. >>> caught on camera, a rare february tornado barrels through several mississippi towns. take a look at this video from the town of hattiesburg last night....
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victor cha, a former educator at harvard, stanford. and he is now with the center for strategic and international studies. from logan, utah, good morning. caller: the first caller had a pretty well right. he was using common sense that our government officials do not seem to be using now. all china would have to do is go to north korea and tell them to knock it off. china is the beneficiary. they are shipping all of our jobs over to china. there are few markets making money in the only communist country will ever talk about is down here in cuba. we're waiting for that guy to die out. with the first man said as 100% right. all china would have to do. we're doing exactly what china is doing to us and what we did to russia. guest: i think there's a lot of focus on the role that china should play in this. if the caller said china is the only country providing goods to north korea these days and there for the north koreans are very dependent on them. china has also invested in a lot of industries in north korea moving out a lot of the miner
victor cha, a former educator at harvard, stanford. and he is now with the center for strategic and international studies. from logan, utah, good morning. caller: the first caller had a pretty well right. he was using common sense that our government officials do not seem to be using now. all china would have to do is go to north korea and tell them to knock it off. china is the beneficiary. they are shipping all of our jobs over to china. there are few markets making money in the only...
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be it health care, the economy, education. americans are incredibly resourceful people and i think it is probably the best the melting pot of stories that we can hope to fish from. host: let's watch an excerpt from al jazeera english coverage of the boy scouts of america debate right now over whether or not members and leaders, openly gay members and leaders, should be allowed. here's how al jazeera english cover that. [video clip] >> being a boy scout is a tradition passed down for generations here of the united states, but policies here in the u.s. contrasts sharply to international counterparts. for example, homosexuals are not restricted from membership in canada or even most european associations. even the u.s. girls scouts have a different policy, accepting gay and transgendered members into their association. the boys scouts of america have almost 3 million members, and 70% of the troops are sponsored by church groups who oppose homosexuality. in 2000, the u.s. supreme court ruled the group has a constitutional right to
be it health care, the economy, education. americans are incredibly resourceful people and i think it is probably the best the melting pot of stories that we can hope to fish from. host: let's watch an excerpt from al jazeera english coverage of the boy scouts of america debate right now over whether or not members and leaders, openly gay members and leaders, should be allowed. here's how al jazeera english cover that. [video clip] >> being a boy scout is a tradition passed down for...
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and on education for all college students, a promise to keep costs down while putting administrators on notice. >> if you can't stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down. >> reporter: the president extended a $2,500 tax credit for public students and it caused some private universities to freeze tuitions and cut costs but some promises ran into stiff congressional opposition, a move to remove outsourcing was rejected in the senate as well as oil subsidiesubsidies. some were pushing ahead like taxing the rich. >> your taxes shouldn't go up. >> reporter: but the political winds blew that line up to $450,000 for couples as part of the a dragged out 11th hour fiscal cliff deal, the same deal that swallowed a payroll tax cut pledge. >> pass the payroll tax cut without delay. >> reporter: some of the president's promises were viewed as pandering very photos if the election year, something the white house has flatly rejected but it has acknowledged the campaigns could prevent congress from acting. dan lothian, cnn, the white house. >>> so from the economy,
and on education for all college students, a promise to keep costs down while putting administrators on notice. >> if you can't stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down. >> reporter: the president extended a $2,500 tax credit for public students and it caused some private universities to freeze tuitions and cut costs but some promises ran into stiff congressional opposition, a move to remove outsourcing was rejected in the senate as well as oil...
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. >> she also announced the malala fund, supporting her campaign for the right to education for children around the world. >>> here's a good reason for people to stay home from work when they're sick. your sick co-workers' germs spread to half of the most commonly touched surfaces in the office. you didn't want to hear that. that was after about four hours, according to a new study by the university of arizona. the germs were spread to 70% of surfaces by the end of the day. >>> a super windfall for new orleans. mandy drury is here with what's moving your money. they're tallying up the numbers but looks like a big windfall. >> this city has obviously been really hoping for a big economic boost from the super bowl although the power outage may not help its reputation going forward. nonetheless, tallying up the numbers, we're not completely tallied up yet, but over 150,000 people were expected to have visited the city with hotel revenue up 100%, all in an estimated $432 million boost plus of course all the parties and events and all the things surrounding the super bowl as well. if indeed t
. >> she also announced the malala fund, supporting her campaign for the right to education for children around the world. >>> here's a good reason for people to stay home from work when they're sick. your sick co-workers' germs spread to half of the most commonly touched surfaces in the office. you didn't want to hear that. that was after about four hours, according to a new study by the university of arizona. the germs were spread to 70% of surfaces by the end of the day....
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average person in america, why it produces things that are better for your family on taxes, on spending, education, on debt and deficit. this president has run into $16 trillion in debt, heading to $17 trillion, and a job rate that is abysmal. the president has to explain how he's going to turn that around. marco rubio is a great guy to explain why that message is going to work. >> thank you for coming on and talking to me. i appreciate it. >>> under arrest, chicago police have announced charges against two people in the murder of a teenaged girl who performed at the president's inauguration parade. hadi ya a penned elton was an innocent by stander. her paersons will be michelle obama's guests at the state of the union tonight. ted rowlands is out front on a case that's galvanized residents to action. >> hi, my name is hadiya. >> the murder of 15-year-old honor student hadiya pendleton is a case that people in chicago want solved. the high school sophomore who had just returned from performing as a majorette at the presidential inauguration was killed in this park after finishing a final exam, but
average person in america, why it produces things that are better for your family on taxes, on spending, education, on debt and deficit. this president has run into $16 trillion in debt, heading to $17 trillion, and a job rate that is abysmal. the president has to explain how he's going to turn that around. marco rubio is a great guy to explain why that message is going to work. >> thank you for coming on and talking to me. i appreciate it. >>> under arrest, chicago police have...
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to a college education, and we were investing in the minds of people. we created the power and the creativity of this country by that investment. we are now putting all the cost of college on the kids, so they are now coming out in debt and they wonder if it is worth going to college because they cannot find a job. the government needs to continue to stimulate. in the infrastructure, it was a republican by the name of eisenhower that put the highway system in place -- that was a major investment to put roads all over this country. now they are deteriorating, bridges are falling down, and we say we do not have the money to fix the roads. nonsense. we have to fix the roads, upgrade the water systems, deal with broadband and all of those things around the computer if we are going to continue to compete with the world. we have to keep investment -- investing. it is like saying for a house you will never fix the roof, paint the walls, just let it happen. you have to protect investments by continuing to invest. host: kathleen. florida. republican caller. call
to a college education, and we were investing in the minds of people. we created the power and the creativity of this country by that investment. we are now putting all the cost of college on the kids, so they are now coming out in debt and they wonder if it is worth going to college because they cannot find a job. the government needs to continue to stimulate. in the infrastructure, it was a republican by the name of eisenhower that put the highway system in place -- that was a major...
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that's how we educate our population. that's how we bring together the right kide of collaboration. high skilled individuals should be those in historically black colleges, hispanic-serving colleges. we should encourage to be farther of engineering, science and math. however when there is an immigrant that is graduating from our top universities, we should not ask them to leave. it is very important to do so. and we should ensure that they have opportunity. the senate -- the president's general path to citizenship provides a pathway to citizenship and they can register for provisional legal status and his point is, that we should join in, we should not let border security get in the way of making sure we move forward on a legal status process. young people, who, again, who were brought here as children should have an expedited path to citizenship by going to college or two years in the military. slight differences that we can find a legal ground. increase the percentage of family-sponsored from 7% to 15%. this goes to a complaint that you will hear from those in nevada, those in new
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the sequester could cost jobs in education and security. funding forehead start, medical research and small businesses would be cut. >> we are learning more about the president's state of the union address set for next tuesday night. themes include job creation, immigration reform, trimming the 16 trillon dollar debt and gun violence. survivors of the connecticut shooting will attend. nancy pelosi has, invited a student from another school. >>> the first lady will attend the funeral of a chicago honor student today. police say that the 15-year-old was shot last month in a park about a mile away from the obama's chicago home. investigators say she was not the intended target. just a week before she preformed with her band at the inauguration. an event that she called a highlight of her life. no arrests have been made. >> a chance to own a piece of the nosema the niners in santa clara how you can make a lasting impression and help pay for the stadium at the same time. >> a warm up expected for the weekend. at this hour it's a frigid start in
the sequester could cost jobs in education and security. funding forehead start, medical research and small businesses would be cut. >> we are learning more about the president's state of the union address set for next tuesday night. themes include job creation, immigration reform, trimming the 16 trillon dollar debt and gun violence. survivors of the connecticut shooting will attend. nancy pelosi has, invited a student from another school. >>> the first lady will attend the...
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she's traveled to washington with other educators with a message to congress. >> the time when we are looking at ways to keep our schools safer, these across-the-board cuts would impact those positions and those people who keep our schools safe. >> reporter: she's talking about the so-called sequester. $85 billion in spending cuts set to kick in march 1. meant to be so egregious that lawmakers would have to come to agreement on deficit reduction. but that hasn't happened. and time is running out. >> if the sequester is allowed to go forward, thousands of americans who work in fields like national security, education, or clean energy are likely to be laid off. >> reporter: the cuts would also amount to a 13% reduction for the military. >> this will badly damage our national defense and compromise our ability to respond to crises in a dangerous world. >> reporter: in washington, it's the same old sticking points with the president insisting the deal include new taxes. >> we sure as heck should be willing to ask those of us who are luckiest in society to close a few loopholes and deducti
she's traveled to washington with other educators with a message to congress. >> the time when we are looking at ways to keep our schools safer, these across-the-board cuts would impact those positions and those people who keep our schools safe. >> reporter: she's talking about the so-called sequester. $85 billion in spending cuts set to kick in march 1. meant to be so egregious that lawmakers would have to come to agreement on deficit reduction. but that hasn't happened. and time...
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. >> still the nation's old heft and most affective minority higher education. we provide support for students arjd the country. primary focus is the 38 private member institutions. they are institutions that are located in cities around the country. and that still operate on a thin margin. these are institutions many of which were founded by slaves but that still take the least resources and do the most with it. produce upwards of 20% of the african americans who obtain a college degree. still a great need for our institutions. most of the students who attend are still the first in their families to attend college. >> wow. really. >> many of them have $2300 unmet financial. and so our students, the work that we do is needed more now than ever. our intention is to increase the number of students. the number of students of color that attend college. but not only that get accepted by begin the process. we want to get students to and through college. >> to the graduation day. >> that's exactly right. the washington area office which is what i represent headquarters
. >> still the nation's old heft and most affective minority higher education. we provide support for students arjd the country. primary focus is the 38 private member institutions. they are institutions that are located in cities around the country. and that still operate on a thin margin. these are institutions many of which were founded by slaves but that still take the least resources and do the most with it. produce upwards of 20% of the african americans who obtain a college degree....
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we're at uni tech education in fremont. this is disaster training program for police officers, firefighters, and military personnel. you can see right now, this is the mock demonstration they've set up here. the scenario that's been put in place is what would happen if anderson dam near morgan hill were to burst at some point. it would send a huge wall of water 35 feet high into some of the surrounding areas and obviously you can see the result would be a lot of cars turned over, a lot of people severely injured. at this point i want to bring in nav # bowa, president of unitech. what is the goal here? >> the goal is to improve coordinations between agencies, lots of different agencies, when you have a very large scale casualty incident. in this particular scenario, we have hundreds of people injured, some critically. what typically happens is you ever the fire and police folks that come in and get overwhelmed. escalation takes time. that time is costing lives. we're trying to improve coordination between the army reserve be
we're at uni tech education in fremont. this is disaster training program for police officers, firefighters, and military personnel. you can see right now, this is the mock demonstration they've set up here. the scenario that's been put in place is what would happen if anderson dam near morgan hill were to burst at some point. it would send a huge wall of water 35 feet high into some of the surrounding areas and obviously you can see the result would be a lot of cars turned over, a lot of...
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now, he sits there and flat out bored or what, on the list of things they are facing new yorkers, education, taxes, the winter storm, he is sitting they're going, i really don't like styrofoam. i don't know how far this guy is going to go. yeah, it's overbearing. i would tell him, instead of sitting up in your office, go down the street vendors and how complicated this could make their life. i don't think he has done that or any intention to. >> heather: you have the ban on big gulps and now styrofoam, what do you think? >> this is based on the demur. this is based on those who manufacturer and use this in the food business and the fact is, the epa has 57 chemicals that has caused disease that is used in the chemical that what it is made up. it takes up 35% of landfill, it costs the taxpayer's money, they would save the taxpayer money and plus what the city is doing is giving tax breaks to businesses that don't use it. also animals get to it. it gets in the water streams and bad for animals. there is all kinds of reasons to go after styrofoam and not have it used. you can't eliminate everyt
now, he sits there and flat out bored or what, on the list of things they are facing new yorkers, education, taxes, the winter storm, he is sitting they're going, i really don't like styrofoam. i don't know how far this guy is going to go. yeah, it's overbearing. i would tell him, instead of sitting up in your office, go down the street vendors and how complicated this could make their life. i don't think he has done that or any intention to. >> heather: you have the ban on big gulps and...
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we've been whacking with a meat ax and cutting programs like infrastructure, education, r&d. >> we're not cutting where the money is. >> and we're not cutting where the money is. nobody really wants -- i don't want to cut medicare, but we've got to deal with medicare if we're going to get this budget deficit under control. but frankly, look. the president and the republicans are playing their cards close to their vests. republicans are saying no new revenue. democrats are saying no new cuts on entitlements. >> can i just jump in and say, though, cuts are important. you're going to need them eventually, but it's better and smarter to do it when you're back on your historic trend growth which in this country is more like 3% a year versus the 2% that we're in. and another thing on taxes, one thing that amazes me that really hasn't sunk in yet is that tax hikes don't necessarily cut growth. i mean, just look at what happened in the clinton era. or look at all the tax cuts we've done actually in the post world war ii era, we have done 18 tax hikes in order to reduce deficit. each time the
we've been whacking with a meat ax and cutting programs like infrastructure, education, r&d. >> we're not cutting where the money is. >> and we're not cutting where the money is. nobody really wants -- i don't want to cut medicare, but we've got to deal with medicare if we're going to get this budget deficit under control. but frankly, look. the president and the republicans are playing their cards close to their vests. republicans are saying no new revenue. democrats are saying...
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educated a bit in this country. speaks perfect english. has a sense of the international church. he's also the head of the council for peace and justice. very involved in economic and political issues. would lean a bit left in terms of the mainstream view of economics and politics. but an attractive figure. many are saying why not a pope from the third world? and he'd be a very strong contender if that's a focus. >> one name i'm hearing a lot over the last 24 hours is marc ouellet. he's from canada. he leads the congregation of bishops which is a powerful position. does that put him in any kind of position of advantage? >> well, he's a very impressive figure. i happened to be with him five weeks ago. there was a conference of rome. he chaired it. i watched him go effortlessly from french, italian, portuguese to german. he has an extraordinary command of language. as head of the congregation of pitch shops, he would have a sense of the international church. he was a seminary rector in colombia. he has a sense of the latin american figure. >> a lot of americans are thinking about o
educated a bit in this country. speaks perfect english. has a sense of the international church. he's also the head of the council for peace and justice. very involved in economic and political issues. would lean a bit left in terms of the mainstream view of economics and politics. but an attractive figure. many are saying why not a pope from the third world? and he'd be a very strong contender if that's a focus. >> one name i'm hearing a lot over the last 24 hours is marc ouellet. he's...
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we've noticed spending money on division, throwing money at education hasn't made our kids smarter. throwing money at defense without a focus is not going to make the american people any more secure so this is where we have to begin with what are the real threats. how do we go about setting up the strategy to deal with the threats and not continue with status quo. >> tucker: by anyone's measure, the persian gulf, not only the oil flow there, but the drama between israel and iran. >> right. >> tucker: this week it was announced the u.s.s. truman will not be deploying to the gulf because we cannot afford it. that would seem unwise cut. >> tucker, you and i both know that's theater. they don't have to cut that. they comes out of o and m funds and we have plenty of those and part of the problem with secretary of defense panetta, he's threatening to cut troop pay come on. and we have the off sets and limit building of defense bases and put that where else. and what we're looking at attempts to do-- i've been to the insides and budget games and give away the biggest things you don't want
we've noticed spending money on division, throwing money at education hasn't made our kids smarter. throwing money at defense without a focus is not going to make the american people any more secure so this is where we have to begin with what are the real threats. how do we go about setting up the strategy to deal with the threats and not continue with status quo. >> tucker: by anyone's measure, the persian gulf, not only the oil flow there, but the drama between israel and iran. >>...
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. >> this has been an educational week. for example, we know that her husband deuces is an anchor there for our abc affiliate. >> why do we keep showing that ugly face he made? >> and he will now have overnight feeding duty for their infant son. a good guy doing his thing there in philly. we learned that. and then we have this little guy right here, your 4 1/2-month-old son, first-time mom, devin. adorable baby. >> thank you. >> and the love of your life. >> i love him to death. can't get enough. >> no. he's an adorable kid. i'll give you that. absolutely. and we learned about diana's celebrity crush, penelope cruz. >> well, yes. >> which is my favorite thing i learned here. we'll talk more about that privately. but in the meantime, a very special polka with barry mitchell! ♪ born in philly, raised in queens, worked in boston for baked beans ♪ >>> that's the perez polka ♪ ♪ we've picked a winner and it shows, just try not to pick your nose ♪ ♪ that's the perez polka, i hope you read the fine print in your contra
. >> this has been an educational week. for example, we know that her husband deuces is an anchor there for our abc affiliate. >> why do we keep showing that ugly face he made? >> and he will now have overnight feeding duty for their infant son. a good guy doing his thing there in philly. we learned that. and then we have this little guy right here, your 4 1/2-month-old son, first-time mom, devin. adorable baby. >> thank you. >> and the love of your life. >>...
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she also announces the establishment of her new charity, the malala fund for girls' education. the message was recorded before malala's most recent surgery over the weekend, which the doctors have described as a success. >>> the president heads to minneapolis today to meet with local leaders on the issue of gun control. in his annual presuper bowl interview last night he addressed a range of other issues, including the risk of brain injury in children playing football. >> i want to make sure that we're doing everything we can to make the sport safer and that means that the game is probably going to evolve a little bit. >> president obama also addressed the boy scouts' longstanding policy of excluding gays and lesbians, saying that they should have, quote, access and opportunity the same way everyone else does. >>> researchers in england say they have found a skeleton of king richard iii. dna results show the battle scarred bones under a parking lot are, no doubt, those of the king killed in battle some years ago. he was immortalized by william shakespeare as a brutal tyrant who
she also announces the establishment of her new charity, the malala fund for girls' education. the message was recorded before malala's most recent surgery over the weekend, which the doctors have described as a success. >>> the president heads to minneapolis today to meet with local leaders on the issue of gun control. in his annual presuper bowl interview last night he addressed a range of other issues, including the risk of brain injury in children playing football. >> i want...
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. >> gold and manufacturing, education, national security and the deficit. real achievable plans that will lead to new jobs. >> reporter: tonight's state of the union comes two weeks before a new round of budget showdowns between the president and republicans. draconian spending cuts march 1st that both sides say they want to avoid but will kick in if nothing is done and then march 31st, the government runs out of fund iing. the president, pushing for tax hikes on the wealthy. republicans insisting on major spending cuts. >> the president will actually have to move beyond the gimmicks and the taxes and propose real spending reductions. >> reporter: despite the economic focus, the issue of guns, especially the memory of newtown, will loom over the house chamber with lawmakers inviting guests from both sides of the gun debate, from ted nugent on one side, to several victims on the other, including gabriel giffords, who stars in this new ad. >> take it from me. congress must act. let's get this done. >> tonight, there will be a lot of acting cabinet secretaries
. >> gold and manufacturing, education, national security and the deficit. real achievable plans that will lead to new jobs. >> reporter: tonight's state of the union comes two weeks before a new round of budget showdowns between the president and republicans. draconian spending cuts march 1st that both sides say they want to avoid but will kick in if nothing is done and then march 31st, the government runs out of fund iing. the president, pushing for tax hikes on the wealthy....
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the aerospace industries association is joining forces with health and education groups and other domestic programs trying to show the dangers of across-the-board cuts. they will argue the discretionary spending is not what's driving up the debt and that congress needs to address entitlements and revenues if they want a real chance at reducing the deficit. president obama will use his state of the union address tomorrow to tackle more cuts. these are the nation's nuclear arms program. white house officials are looking to/the u.s. nuclear force by about a third saying we can make some pretty radical reductions and and save a lot of money without compromising american security. gun safety will also play a big role in tomorrow's address, about 30 house democrats are bringing victims of gun violence as their guest as part of the push for new legislation. the first lady will have her own guests as well. but those names are still under wraps. those seats are the most coveted of the state of the union. the white house uses them to send a message about what the president thinks are the most import
the aerospace industries association is joining forces with health and education groups and other domestic programs trying to show the dangers of across-the-board cuts. they will argue the discretionary spending is not what's driving up the debt and that congress needs to address entitlements and revenues if they want a real chance at reducing the deficit. president obama will use his state of the union address tomorrow to tackle more cuts. these are the nation's nuclear arms program. white...
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financial education estimates in the typical month more than two-thirds of united states adults buy something on impulse and most of those purchases lead to regret. how about you? >> i'm an impulse shopper, completely. i do retail therapy all the time on the internet. that's the big one for me. i think i'm getting a deal but i'm hitting it way too often. >> we'll see one of yours in a second. how about you? most regret. >> i don't make many regrets but this is something i bought a few years ago. my wife thought omar sharif in "dr. zhivagozhivago" was the se man alive. i bought this and said who do i look like? and she said from "dumb and dumber." >> as they say in "caddy shack" it looks better on you. >> last time i saw it, it came with a bowl of soup. >> that's right. >> right before flat screens came out. it was expensive. i was stuck with it forever. it was heavy. you couldn't move the thing. every time i looked at it, i resented it. >> for a long time, i'm sure. >> i'm an infomercial shopper. >> late-night purchase for you? >> it slices and dices. i'm like it's magic. it's going to be gre
financial education estimates in the typical month more than two-thirds of united states adults buy something on impulse and most of those purchases lead to regret. how about you? >> i'm an impulse shopper, completely. i do retail therapy all the time on the internet. that's the big one for me. i think i'm getting a deal but i'm hitting it way too often. >> we'll see one of yours in a second. how about you? most regret. >> i don't make many regrets but this is something i...
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the education of poor people in the inner-city does not take away from others, it expands our economy and makes us all do better. this is the ideal of our country. as the rabbi would tell me, the jewish saying, that jews together are strong, but jews with other people are invincible. he african saying that spiderwebs united can tie up a line. the very principle of this country, one of my advisers told me one of the fundamental principles of islam. the oneness of the community. we recognize dependency and see strength. that became the problem solving idea that i took on. i began looking at what other cities around america were doing. i came over to mayor bloomberg, who i called the obi-wan kenobi of mayors. all of us young padawans come to see what is going on over here. i could not wait to talk about climate change. the time is now. we just focus on cities where the carbon output is significant. if we do pragmatic things, we are going to make change. he started showing me programs he had that created jobs, including the health of cities like mine that has exit -- epidemic asthma rates
the education of poor people in the inner-city does not take away from others, it expands our economy and makes us all do better. this is the ideal of our country. as the rabbi would tell me, the jewish saying, that jews together are strong, but jews with other people are invincible. he african saying that spiderwebs united can tie up a line. the very principle of this country, one of my advisers told me one of the fundamental principles of islam. the oneness of the community. we recognize...